Demetrios Matheou
The Trussell Trust distributed a record 1.6 million emergency food parcels in the past year, amid renewed calls for government to end the five-week wait for Universal Credit
Health delegates embrace the commitments of UNISON’s year of young workers
Nursing and Midwifery Council’s Andrea Sutcliffe praises the new members of the register – and launches development of five-year strategy at health conference
Delegates hear that patients and staff alike are suffering from chronic shortages
Dave Prentis sings the praises of members, while outlining the aims and challenges ahead
Staff are burnt out and ‘leaving in droves‘ UNISON health delegates are told
Union’s health conference opens with call to arms for difficult days ahead
Pressure on schools and NHS staff to tackle crime is deflecting attention from failure to fund services adequately, union says
A new campaign will raise the profile of the union’s 600,000 local government members
While MPs got lost down the rabbit hole, UNISON and its members kept their focus on the many other problems afflicting Britain’s workers
‘At first it was gut instinct,’ says Julie Robinson, who challenged an error in how term-time staff at West Midlands sixth form college were being paid
Britain’s best-known political comedian considers the state of the NHS in its 70th year – and ponders its future
Mike Leigh’s historical adviser talks about the research that informs the recounting of the 19th century pro-democracy rally that ended in tragedy
Union calls for citizens’ rights to be ‘written in stone’ – whatever happens to Brexit negotiations
Health pay, local government cuts, outsourcing, Brexit…. new term, same curriculum